Meanwhile,… white to move and mate in 2.
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In chessy news… meh. Not much. There’s a thing in London at the moment. After two wins Gukesh Dommaraju blundered away a victory and lost to Jules Moussard. Gukesh hopes to reach Candidates via the FIDE circuit route. I heard on a podcast with Fabiano Caruana that tournament is going to happen in India before the end of the year. I’m guessing that it will be organized swiftly so that Indian players have a chance to boost their ratings before the Candidates slots are finalized. That podcast was pretty interesting for other reasons. There was quite a lot of talk about the value of coaching and lessons, for example. Lastly, the Italian Chess Championships are underway. Woohoo!
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1. Re2 d5
2. Re6#
OR
1. Re2 Kd5
2. Qc4#
OR
1. Re2 Kb5
2. Re5#
Took me a while, been looking at it off and on all day at work.
oops, the third one should be
1. Re2 Kb5
2. Rc2#
Re2, Kb5
Rc2#
or
Re2, Kd5
Bg2#
or
Re2, d5
Re6#
Not seeing mate in 2.
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